Lyrics
This is a story about addiction
This song delves into addiction as a narrative.
Or in other words
It's an alternative way to say the song is about "you."
This is a story about
Reiterating the focus on the individual.
You
The addiction, personified as "you."
Dopamine
Direct reference to the neurotransmitter dopamine.
Dopamine
Repetition for emphasis on the theme of dopamine.
I'm breathin' in
Metaphorical breathing in and out while feeling suffocated.
Breathing out
-Yet I suffocate
Feeling conflicted, experiencing both love and hate.
I'm breathin' in
-Breathing out
-Full of love and hate
-The beauty and the beast keep
The contrasting elements intensify emotions.
My heartrate increased
-I'm breathin' in
Repetition emphasizes suffocation amid conflicting feelings.
Breathing out
-Yet I suffocate
-I'm breathin' in
-Breathing out
-Full of love and hate
-Tell me why does it seem
Existential questioning about the reality of one's life.
This is not my life i am livin'
-Do I exist?
-Or am I being lived?
-Dopamine
The high associated with dopamine.
Dopamine
-I'm high
Expressing a shared high, possibly in relationships.
I'm high on you
-Dopamine
-Dopamine
-We're high
-We're high
-All the time
Struggling to concentrate amid breathing difficulties.
I'm breathin' in
-Breathing out
-Tryin to concentrate
-I'm breathin' in
Effort to escape a destined outcome.
Breathing out
-To escape the fate
-Like a black hole
Desire for personal growth and fluidity.
I need to grow
-Like a river
-I need to flow
-Three eyes are not enough
Request for expanded perception and understanding.
Give me four
-Gve me four
-I'm breathin' in
Repetition signifies the struggle to concentrate and escape fate.
Breathing out
-Tryin to concentrate
-I'm breathin' in
-Breathing out
-To escape the fate
-Tell me why does it seem
Continued questioning of personal existence.
This is not my life
-I am livin'
-Do I exist?
-Or am I being lived
-Dopamine (I want more)
Reiterated desire for more dopamine-induced highs.
Dopamine (I want more)
-I'm high (So high)
-I'm high (So high) on you
-Dopamine (I want more)
-Dopamine (I want more)
-We're high (So high)
-We're high
-All the time
-The question is
Questioning how to break free from addiction if one enables it.
How do get sober
-If you're the dealer and the user?
-You know what I'm here for
Expressing a desire for more, possibly referring to the substance causing addiction.
I'm here for the encore
-Gimme mor
-I want
An emphatic plea for an increased intake of dopamine.
More
-More
Repeated emphasis on the craving for more highs.
Dopamine (I want more)
-Dopamine (I want more)
-I'm high (So high)
-I'm high (So high) on you
-Dopamine (I want more)
-Dopamine (I want more)
-We're high (So high)
-We're high
-On You
The high is attributed to the subject.
Run from a god that doesn't exist
Running from non-existent divine figures and resisting pain.
Pain is the answer that you're tryin' to resist
-After the high comes the low comes the high
Describing the cycle of highs and lows, followed by introspection.
Strip away the flesh tell me who am I
-Run from a god that doesn't exist
-Pain is the answer that you're tryin' to resist
-After the high comes the low comes the high
-I was never born
Existential statements about eternal existence.
I will never die
-I was never born
-I will never die
-I was never born
-I will never die
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